The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) on Tuesday released the identity and final video of the suicide attacker who carried out the 31 January blast in Quetta’s highly secured Red Zone during the second phase of “Operation Herof.”
In a statement accompanying the video, the group’s media wing, Hakkal, identified the attacker as Qudratullah Kurd alias Majeed, son of Badal Khan Kurd, and a resident of Splinji in Mastung district.
The BLA described him as a member of its Majeed Brigade, the unit responsible for high-profile suicide operations. It said he joined the organisation in 2024 and was inducted into the brigade the following year after what it called “a mental and moral process.”
According to the group, Qudratullah “distinguished himself within a short period through seriousness, restraint and steadfastness,” qualities it said made him suitable for “the most difficult responsibilities.”
The group said the clashes in Quetta during “Operation Herof” became “the final and most defining chapter of his life.” It claimed he fought for several hours near the railway station close to the Red Zone, where he was injured during exchanges of fire.
Despite his injuries, the BLA said he showed “neither urgency nor panic,” describing his composure as “the tranquillity that comes to those fully reconciled with their decisions.”
His final moments, recorded in the newly released video, show him seated inside an explosives-laden vehicle, smiling as he bids farewell to fellow fighters.
“We are together. We are together until freedom. Do not spare it [Pakistan],” he says in the footage. One of the fighters is seen kissing him on the forehead before he drives the vehicle toward the Red Zone, where the attack killed more than a dozen security personnel, including a senior police officer.
The BLA claimed that during the second phase of “Operation Herof,” 93 of its fighters were killed, including 50 suicide attackers, in what it described as coordinated operations across 14 cities.
It further claimed to have killed 362 personnel of Pakistan’s armed forces, including members of the Frontier Corps, Pakistan Navy, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), as well as individuals it referred to as “death squad operatives.”
The group also said it had captured several personnel during the attacks and that, after interrogation, their cases would be decided by the “Baloch national court.”